charge

charge

charge is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

charge

[change] Verb

Plain form
charge

Third-person singular
charges

Past tense
charged

Past participle
charged

Present participle
charging

(transitive & intransitive) When you charge someone money, you ask them to pay the money for something that you have done for them or sold to them.

We charge ten cents a page for copying.

The shop charged me $5 to deliver the pizza.
(transitive) When you charge something at a store, you put it on credit.

The business man charged all of his meals to his company.
(transitive) When the police charge someone with a crime, they officially say that the person may have committed the crime.
(transitive & intransitive) When you charge at a thing, you run toward it.

The bull charged the man walking in the field.
(transitive & intransitive) When you charge (up) a battery, you put electrical energy into it to be stored.

Oh no! I forgot to charge up the camera and the batteries are dead.

Singular
charge

(countable) A charge for something is the price of the thing. It often it is for a service or fee for a period of time.

The charge for having an item shipped varies according to the weight.

The charge each month for the phone service is fifty dollars.
(countable) A charge is the crime that police say someone has committed.
(countable) If something is in someone's charge, they are responsible for it.
(countable) Your charge is the person that you are responsible for, often a child.
(countable) A charge is a movement towards somebody to attack them.
(countable) A charge is the amount of energy that a battery will hold.
(countable) A charge is the explosive in a gun or a bomb.